Sustainable biofuels: Challenges and Prospects from a Global Perspective

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Sustainable Biofuels Challenges and Prospects
from a Global Perspective
Uwe R. Fritsche Coordinator, Energy Climate
Division Öko-Institut (Institute for Applied
Ecology), Darmstadt Office
presented at the IDB Conference Sustainable
Energy and Climate Change in Latin America and
the Caribbean, Washington DC, USA, November
28-29, 2006
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Biofuels for Transport
based on Fulton (2005) could be reduced gt
2015 could be low/moderate in rural settings
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Challenges GHG
GHG emissions from transport fuels data in g/kWh
incl. upstream life-cycles and by-product credits
(from GEMIS 4.4)
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Challenges Land-Use
Forests
Protected
Deforestation
?
Food
crops

other
reserved
areas
competition
for
water
?
Energy
crops

plantations
Loss
of
biodiversity
?
Source presentation of Philippe Girard at the
GEF-STAP Workshop, New Delhi 2005
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Sustainability Standards
Sustainability Standards for Biomass prepared
for WWF, Nov. 2006

• Synopsis of sustainability concerns for biomass
• Global review of existing sustainability criteria
  and certification systems
• Recommendation of core standards, and for
  follow-up process

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Standards Summary
Only land use GHG reduction have global
scopeBoth could be implemented within a few
years if resources are made available
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Opportunities!

• Some biofuels competitive for heat/
  electricity/transport (rural, Brazil)
• Biogas from residues perennial crops
• 2nd generation biofuels for transport gt 2010
• CDM could boost biofuels
• Employment, access to energy, income generation
  (food security)
• ?Establish standards and best practise projects
  for sustainable biofuels!

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More Information
Report for WWF and studies for BMU, EEA etc.
www.oeko.de/service/bio